Profiles! #1

Today meet Henry. He is the first of four main characters in this week's featured story, Spring. His appearance is modeled after Chris Pratt, and he is written by the magnificent Kiki! Ladies and Gentlemen -drumroll, please- Henry Toole!

Name:
Henry Toole

Age:
Twenty-Two

Birthday:
July 4

Race:
Irish, English

Personality:
Henry is by nature a very gentle, outgoing, friendly sort of man. He firmly beleives in giving respect in order to earn it, and though he was raised with wealth and privliege, Henry does not rely on his good background to get him what he wants in life. He may be just a little bit spoiled, however, he has a confidant streak that enables him to feel comfortable going after whatever - and whoever - he desires. Don't mistake this for arrogance, though. Henry knows what he has can be taken away just as quickly, and so proves to be a most loyal and faithful companion to friends and family. He is the kind of man that no one can really find fault in, except for perhaps a hint of too much pride and vanity, and is considered one of the "popular" people. Every woman has her eye on him for her daughter - some for themselves - but Henry has no interest in an arranged marriage. He wishes to marry only for love, and may be considered by some a bit of a hopeless romantic. Aside from this, Henry can be a bit of a neat-freak. When things are not in their proper place, he has to find it and put it there, and one of his worst nightmares would be to get his clothes dirty.

Biography:
Henry was born to an English mother and an Irish father, who was the wealthiest landowner in all of Ireland. His mother's family had come over to Ireland when she was a child, and with it being his father's native land, Henry's upbringing was something of a mix between high society and wild free-spiritedness encouraged by the natural world around him. As a result, Henry has retained a sense of respect for the working classes. They must earn their bread, while his is handed to him on a platter, and Henry finds a good deal to respect in those people even though others of his class look down on them. As a child, Henry was given the best education possible. He had the best tutors who taught him everything he would be expected to know as a young man of good society, and by the time he was sixteen, he was considered the catch of the entire wedding market. Trained to take over his father's business from an early age, however, Henry was smart enough to know that he was only desired by so many women for his large inheritance. Not for himself. So he decided early on in his life that he would only marry for love. Nothing else would persuade him into matrimony.

So, when he reached twenty-one without finding a pure-hearted woman to marry, Henry decided his true love would not come from the society beauties paraded under his nose. He left to spend the winter with his uncle in a small village one day's journey from his home. It was there that he met and quickly fell in love with an exotic beauty by the name of Elena Davlos. She returned his feelings, and after some miscommunications and encouragments from her family, she accepted his proposal and returned with him to his home. They planned to marry in the spring, which would give her time to adjust to his lifestyle, and though Henry thought they were happy, she saw things differently. Mere weeks before their wedding, only a few days before her family was due to arrive for it, Elena finally admitted to him her unhappiness here. She said it could never work; they were from two different worlds, and no matter how much pretending she did, she did not belong in his. She would hinder his future as a successful businessman, and overall she said, she loved him enough to let him go. Henry could not dissaude her. She left the following morning, returning to her family in the little village and promising to write to him as his lifelong friend.

Likes:
Nature, reading, children, dancing, music, his family, his friends, animals, snow, sunshine, gambling (a guilty pleasure)

Hates:
Being betrayed by those he loves, being punished for something he is not guilty to, messes, dirt, bugs, getting lost in memories, having his loved ones threatened in any way, not knowing what has become of Elena and why she felt they could not work

Fears:
Losing those he loves, never finding the woman to spend his life with, war coming to Ireland, and birds for some odd reason

The story picks up years later. His first love did not keep her promise to write but he found love again in a wealthy young Irish woman named Elizabeth. Charming when she wants to be but at fault in her pride. He marries her and they adopt a baby girl, orphaned and left with his uncle. If you'd like to continue reading Henry's story, just click the 'Spring' link in the side bar. :)